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Britons shunned expensive restaurants and tucked into their Christmas dinners
at the local pub, according to Greene King.

The brewer reported a hearty 11.1 per cent rise in like-for-like food sales
over the seven weeks to January 15, driven by brisk seasonal trade during
December in which it served a record 365,000 Christmas dinners.

Popping to the pub on Christmas Day proved particularly popular, with £1.7
million of food sales going through the group’s tills — the equivalent of
50,000 meals.

Rooney Anand, the chief executive, said that customers were looking for
enjoyment and some respite from the financial pressures they